I've been away for a funeral and just now saw this. I'm using F-a-G to as an easily-accessible, independent confirmation of facts proven a century ago. And, of course, it gives the source-crazed something to argue with besides me.
I suspect most of us (yeah, even me) will be more likely to blame the citer not the maintainer when the Memorial # cited shows something different than what I copied last winter. That's not a fight I care to get into. Cheryl Paula Ryburn wrote: > Cheryl, After watching the webinar, I have sent several > updates to maintainers, as well as asked them to transfer > maintenance to me, so I can see why you see things > changing--in the case of my ancestors, things are getting > more accurate or complete. > > I think that as long as you recorded your access date in the > citation, any mismatch found by a researcher who comes after > you will be understood. We can only hope & assume (?!) the > updates are better information. > > Bottom line, though, these are secondary sources--always > best to find the original if you are trying to prove > something, publish, etc. > > I have been using F-A-G to claim photo requests for the > local cemeteries, then walk & take pictures when the weather > is nice. Here in Houston that means I haven't done it in > months, ha! > > I believe there is an option in the search to just see > what's been updated in the past X days, too. That might help > you see what's changed for your family's memorials. > --Paula in Texas > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* singhals <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, August 18, 2014 12:04 PM > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Register for Webinar Wednesday - > Find A Grave: the World's Largest Cemetery Database by Russ > Worthington > > Geoff Rasmussen wrote: > > Explore Find-A-Grave, the largest cemetery database in the > > world and a must-have tool in your genealogy toolbox. In > > Wednesday's webinar, Russ Worthington will share insights > > and methodologies into best using the site for family > > history research. He will also provide suggestions about > > contributing your own photographs. > > I hope he mentions something I tripped across this week : > revisiting some Memorials at FaG that I had already saved, I > discovered information missing, added, or changed from my > previous visit! That means, I'm going to have to through > several thousand names that have a FaG citation. It is, at > best, irksome. > > Cheryl-the-grumpy Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
